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Welcome to Prairie
Mountain
Photo courtesy Ernie
Wymer, January 10, 2008 |
History in
a Pecan Shell
Known by various
names (Starks, Putnam, Hickory) a school was constructed on
the Roundtree Ranch in 1906. The school took its name from Prairie
Mountain – the local landmark. In the early 1910s, the Roundtree Ranch
was broken into smaller parcels increasing the population. An estimated
20 families formed the community. |
Historical Marker:
20 miles SW of Llano on FM
2323
Site of Prairie
Mountain School
German immigrants
and pioneer settlers established the Prairie Mountain community, once
known as Starks, in the mid 1800s. In 1906 the Putman School
near Hickory Creek relocated to this site, and was renamed Prairie
Mountain School. Community members built a one-room schoolhouse, which
also served as a place of worship, on land leased from Bettie A. Rountree.
A larger building, constructed in 1924, served school children until
Prairie Mountain consolidated with the Llano
school district in 1948. The Marschall family later conveyed the land
to the community. The last worship service was held here in 1970,
but the building continued to serve as the Prairie Mountain community
center.
(2001) |
1907 postal
map showing Starkes in SW Llano
County
From Texas state map #2090
Courtesy Texas General Land Office |
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